PART 1 U.K.INTRODUCTION

Citation and interpretationU.K.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Small Companies (Micro-Entities' Accounts) Regulations 2013.

(2) In these Regulations—

the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006; and

the 2008 Regulations” means the Small Companies and Groups (Accounts and Directors' Report) Regulations 2008 M1.

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 2008/409, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Commencement and applicationU.K.

2.—(1) These Regulations come into force on the first day of the month following that in which they are made.

(2) They have effect in respect of—

(a)financial years ending on or after 30th September 2013; and

(b)companies, which deliver the accounts required by section 444 of the 2006 Act (filing obligations of companies subject to the small companies regime) to the registrar on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.

Disapplication of these Regulations to entities to which provisions of the 2006 Act or the 2008 Regulations have been appliedU.K.

3.—(1) The amendments made by these Regulations to any provision of the 2006 Act or the 2008 Regulations do not have effect in relation to the application of any such provision—

F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)to limited liability partnerships by the Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 M2;

(c)to limited liability partnerships by the Small Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008 M3;

(d)to overseas companies by Chapter 3 of Part 5 or Chapter 3 of Part 6 of the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 M4;

(e)to unregistered companies by regulation 3 of and Schedule 1 to the Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 M5; or

(f)to companies registered pursuant to section 1040 of the 2006 Act by regulation 18 of the Companies (Companies Authorised to Register) Regulations 2009 M6.

(2) Any new provision of the 2006 Act or the 2008 Regulations inserted by these Regulations is not, by virtue of any provision mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) of paragraph (1), applied to the entities mentioned in those sub-paragraphs.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M2S.I. 2008/1911, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M4S.I. 2009/1801, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M5S.I. 2009/2436, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.